Participants hug each other during Vietnam's first-ever gay pride parade in Hanoi on August 5, 2012.Dozens of people holding colourful balloons and rainbow flags ride their bicycles and motorbikes down the streets of Hanoi. (Reuters)

Participants decorated with rainbow stickers and flags ride their bicycles during Vietnam's first-ever gay pride parade in Hanoi August 5, 2012. The parade came as the Vietnam government recently proposed including same-sex couples in the country's marriage law. If the law is revised, Vietnam would be the first country in Asia to allow same-sex couples to marry or to register legally as married. (Reuters)